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ideas. >> reporter: romney arrived shortly after noon thursday. white house officials revealed few details about the lunch, saying only they ate white turkey chili, and the meeting lasted more than an hour, with governor romney congratulating the president on re-election. in the sole picture released by the white house, you can see the dining room where the men ate and boxing gloves. aides joked there were no punches thrown describing the encounter as friendly. >> i am happy to see this picture, it is good for the american people. >> reporter: a very different tone on capitol hill as fiscal cliff negotiations remain rocky. the president sent his top negotiator, treasury secretary tim geithner to meet with congressional leaders. afterward, house speaker john boehner said the white house had not proposed spending cuts needed to win critical republican votes. >> i have to tell you, i'm disappointed in where we are, i am disappointed in what's happened in the last couple weeks. >> reporter: senate majority leader harry reid fired back saying democrats
ideas. >> reporter: romney arrived shortly after noon thursday. white house officials revealed few details about the lunch, saying only they ate white turkey chili, and the meeting lasted more than an hour, with governor romney congratulating the president on re-election. in the sole picture released by the white house, you can see the dining room where the men ate and boxing gloves. aides joked there were no punches thrown describing the encounter as friendly. >> i am happy to see...
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. >> ann romney. >> stephanie: tonight i'm curious. anybody who has not been attacked by them will tell you they're worried they cannot find that pleasure with mortal people. >> what does this have to do with homosexuality. >> stephanie: i'm getting to this. the incubus that a male sexual demon, and sometimes they deal in homosexual behavior. >> or perhaps it was all a dream. >> stephanie: what you're a suckubus, but i'm a girl. you can't oh no. >> so that's how it happened. >> that's how it works. >> all right, all right. >> it all makes sense. >> that explains so much. >> stephanie: 29 minutes after the hour. >> no, no,. >> stephanie: i have a sad panda. i have a sad demon. right back on "the stephanie miller show." right have, about the "heavy hand of government" ... i want to have that conversation. really? you know i'd like to arm our viewers with the ability to argue with their conservative uncle joe over the dinner table. [ singing christmas carols in background ] aunt sally's singing again. it's a tradition honey. [ singing chr
. >> ann romney. >> stephanie: tonight i'm curious. anybody who has not been attacked by them will tell you they're worried they cannot find that pleasure with mortal people. >> what does this have to do with homosexuality. >> stephanie: i'm getting to this. the incubus that a male sexual demon, and sometimes they deal in homosexual behavior. >> or perhaps it was all a dream. >> stephanie: what you're a suckubus, but i'm a girl. you can't oh no. >> so...
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melissa: nothing is preventing you from speaking with governor romney about it. well, that is obviously up to former governor romney to decide whether he wants to have a conversation with you. and, you're welcome, when the president, next appears before you to ask him about it. we will provide a readout. but we didn't, i think they wanted to have, each man wanted to have a private conversation. they didn't want to turn it into a press event. bill: we hear that governor romney congratulated the president on his campaign and wished himself. they promised to stay in contact if there are opportunities to work on shared interest. don't hold your breath. martha: a new government report out shows americans cut back on their spending last month and saw no growth in their incomes. the commerce department says consumer spending dropped by .2% during the month of october. that is down from increase less than a percent in september. government says that hurricane sandy had a big role in that. that could very well be. it also led to reduced wages in the month of october. a lo
melissa: nothing is preventing you from speaking with governor romney about it. well, that is obviously up to former governor romney to decide whether he wants to have a conversation with you. and, you're welcome, when the president, next appears before you to ask him about it. we will provide a readout. but we didn't, i think they wanted to have, each man wanted to have a private conversation. they didn't want to turn it into a press event. bill: we hear that governor romney congratulated the...
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senate races, we discussed it in the house races, and of course president obama and candidate governor romney discussed it again and again. my friend talks about a consensus. let me tell you the consensus. more than 60% of the people agree with president obama and the democrats that we ought to climb down off this fiscal cliff in the next five minutes and pass what the senate passed, which is to renew all the bush tax cuts and go back for those over 250,000 to the rates of bill clinton. that's what we passed here. that will bring us almost a trillion dollars over ten years. that will get us to climb down that cliff. then we have got other parts of the cliff, there's no question about it, the automatic sequester. i think it's easy to deal with that by bringing home some of the overseas account money and applying it to the sequester and getting rid of at least half of that sequester, maybe all of the sequester. but no, you're going to listen to these speeches every day about how we're obsessed with taxes. what are you talking about, obsessed with taxes? i'll tell you what i'm obsessed about. i'
senate races, we discussed it in the house races, and of course president obama and candidate governor romney discussed it again and again. my friend talks about a consensus. let me tell you the consensus. more than 60% of the people agree with president obama and the democrats that we ought to climb down off this fiscal cliff in the next five minutes and pass what the senate passed, which is to renew all the bush tax cuts and go back for those over 250,000 to the rates of bill clinton. that's...
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romney goes to washington. he'll dine today at 1600 pennsylvania avenue at the invitation of the president himself. the question, is there a grander purpose behind their lunch date. >> is governor romney here tomorrow in some kind of cabinet level position, an audition for that position? >> no. >> so joining me now from the white house is kristen welker. so romney's people, however, they're not backing off controversial suggestions about how the president won re-election. romney chief strategist sue teachs explains romney lost essentially by suggesting that the president was black and that poor people voted overwhelmingly for him, not exactly a positive tone ahead of this luncheon. we all know that there ain't no free lunch. so what is this all about? >> well, remember it also comes on the heels of mitt romney making those gift comments, essentially suggesting president obama won re-election because he gave his core constituents gifts. so not necessarily a positive tone to start the meeting. but this is really
romney goes to washington. he'll dine today at 1600 pennsylvania avenue at the invitation of the president himself. the question, is there a grander purpose behind their lunch date. >> is governor romney here tomorrow in some kind of cabinet level position, an audition for that position? >> no. >> so joining me now from the white house is kristen welker. so romney's people, however, they're not backing off controversial suggestions about how the president won re-election....
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that was not why governor romney was running. he wanted to talk about big national issues, debt, entitlement, the future of the country. he wanted to put big questions before the country. and he did that. and i think the comparison of those two was striking. it was striking in the debates. >> why does that have to be mutually exclusive? >> it doesn't. >> you can have big ideas and do well on the ground game in each states. >> i don't have a dog in this fight but i'm baffled when people say they won at ground game. they turned out more voters four years ago than they did this time. i would give them credit for their message in those states rather than just their ground game. i think it's somewhat telling what the obama campaign did. >> let's talk about who voted. you made a point in the op-ed that romney won people who make more than $50,000. we have the governor speaking about the fab that the obama campaign paid its voters and certainly lower income voters. that seems to be a bit of sour grapes. >> i don't think that's what he w
that was not why governor romney was running. he wanted to talk about big national issues, debt, entitlement, the future of the country. he wanted to put big questions before the country. and he did that. and i think the comparison of those two was striking. it was striking in the debates. >> why does that have to be mutually exclusive? >> it doesn't. >> you can have big ideas and do well on the ground game in each states. >> i don't have a dog in this fight but i'm...
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say mitt romney shouldn't say that stuff they do believe it. they just think it's embarrassing. >> stephanie: all the wrong people voted for president obama. >> we'll say it a little bit. >> stephanie: andy barowitz tweets that mitt romney will speak to a black person for the first time since the debates. [applause] >> john kerry is ready to go. john kerry john kerry john kerry. >> stephanie: are they on staff of scott brown for senate? what, really, they are not too obvious? we have all have an idea. >> we're all wearing pink leather shorts. >> stephanie: funny that. >> and i like the new white house hash tag, it's my 2 k a typical middle class family of form will see taxes rice $2,200 if congress does not act and now we're seeing caving on republicans. >> they're launching their own hash tag for twitter, it's "my two sticks" and you can rub them together if you're cold in the winter. [ magic juan music ] wand music ] >> so the first cracks on the republican stance on higher tax rates. john boner may make it in time for christmas. we'll see. d
say mitt romney shouldn't say that stuff they do believe it. they just think it's embarrassing. >> stephanie: all the wrong people voted for president obama. >> we'll say it a little bit. >> stephanie: andy barowitz tweets that mitt romney will speak to a black person for the first time since the debates. [applause] >> john kerry is ready to go. john kerry john kerry john kerry. >> stephanie: are they on staff of scott brown for senate? what, really, they are not...
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. >> breaking news, there is no job for mitt romney in the obama administration but mitt romney will get to full full a lifelong dream tomorrow. he is going to walk into the white house, not the way he wanted it. president obama is keeping a promise he made on election night by having a private lunch with romney on thursday. a few weeks ago, president obama said romney could actually bring something to the table. >> i do think he did a terrific job running the olympics. that skill set applies to the federal government. >> turns out, romney doesn't have an eye on helping the country. he is helping to move on into an office at his son, tag's private equity firm. it is unclear what role he will be playing. he spent the last seven years running to serve his country and now he is going back to the private sector. he is not out serving the public or helping the country move forward. this just underscores everything we thought about mitt romney. all he cares about is money. good for him. >>> romney campaign strategist, stevens is complaining about the loss. he wrote that mitt romney carried
. >> breaking news, there is no job for mitt romney in the obama administration but mitt romney will get to full full a lifelong dream tomorrow. he is going to walk into the white house, not the way he wanted it. president obama is keeping a promise he made on election night by having a private lunch with romney on thursday. a few weeks ago, president obama said romney could actually bring something to the table. >> i do think he did a terrific job running the olympics. that skill...
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given everything that romney said. if the president would say to him, to ask him for advice about setting up these operations in each state, how did you do it? what should we know about how to do it? since romney said i am going to prevent this from happening, to sit there because he could have advice. >> or the president could say, wait a minute, we met with all your advisers, yet we know what you would tell us, so never mind. how's the weather? >> seriously, there is this body called the independent advisory board, which is designed to save money out of medicare, spread best practice. who better than mitt romney who's greatest achievement of governor of massachusetts, good enough to put in his portrait in massachusetts, out him as governor. who better to bring republicans into this cost cutting, health expansion, mitt romney. >> i know about 75 staffers. i'm trying. who are all better at anything involving that than this guy. but, so there's going to be the driveway. right? romney doesn't have to do the driveway micr
given everything that romney said. if the president would say to him, to ask him for advice about setting up these operations in each state, how did you do it? what should we know about how to do it? since romney said i am going to prevent this from happening, to sit there because he could have advice. >> or the president could say, wait a minute, we met with all your advisers, yet we know what you would tell us, so never mind. how's the weather? >> seriously, there is this body...
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we won't have romney to kick around anymore. the reason he was kicked so hard is what he said afterwards when he tripled down or doubled down on that 47% comment. he can come out of the white house and make a statement. he is never going to live there. at least, he is going to get to visit. it is good for the president. he is reaching across the aisle. he is being bipartisan. it is good for democracy. it ratifies the results. it is not all that common. george bush didn't do this with john kerry in 2004. it is a grace note. >> is that ir a chance that mitt romney might contribute to this administration for the good of the country when it comes to business? he obviously made it very clear that he didn't think that president obama knew anything about business or the economy. he was the expert. so why not help out? >> i wouldn't make him treasury secretary. you wouldn't want to have that tax plan put into effect. >> he could be in charge of building new business or something. >> look, it's -- this is a moment when american democracy
we won't have romney to kick around anymore. the reason he was kicked so hard is what he said afterwards when he tripled down or doubled down on that 47% comment. he can come out of the white house and make a statement. he is never going to live there. at least, he is going to get to visit. it is good for the president. he is reaching across the aisle. he is being bipartisan. it is good for democracy. it ratifies the results. it is not all that common. george bush didn't do this with john kerry...
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someday we'll figure out who real clear politics even speculated may have been mitt romney's running mate for mccain and graham picking a woman as their new third amigo was particularly useful since the three amigos first job as the new of the new political year was to take down a woman u.n. ambassador susan rice so she'd be so badly tarnished that president obama wouldn't nominate her to replace hillary clinton as secretary of state and why would they care so much about destroying the reputation of a rhodes scholar a stanford graduate in one of america's most distinguished deployments well given that the three amigos have always been basically a political hit squad a two bit republican gang that's usually promoting wars to either enrich their military industrial complex sponsors or to score points political points against democrats it's a fair bet but it's all about either more war or politics and surprise it's about both if susan rice is taken down by the three a mayor or the next in line for the secretary of defense is massachusetts senator john kerry if he moves to the department
someday we'll figure out who real clear politics even speculated may have been mitt romney's running mate for mccain and graham picking a woman as their new third amigo was particularly useful since the three amigos first job as the new of the new political year was to take down a woman u.n. ambassador susan rice so she'd be so badly tarnished that president obama wouldn't nominate her to replace hillary clinton as secretary of state and why would they care so much about destroying the...
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years, pre-tea party. >> let's stipulate romney was a bad candidate. how would you get a better one? >> there are 30 republican governors. 24 of them have republican legislatures which is what romney didn't have. he had 83% democratic legislature. he was a goalie. they just shot goals on him for four years and some of them went through and some of them didn't and he was a very good goalie but you can't turn around and announce, look at all the things i did in massachusetts and the democrats attacked him saying the massachusetts economy was bad. yeah, it was. high taxes and all these other things that he couldn't fix without legislature. i'm from massachusetts prior to emigrating to the united states. and -- [laughter] it's tough, it's tough to be governor there and show people what you've accomplished. now, if he'd been governor of one of those 24 states with a republican legislature, i mean, the governor of texas has been doing amazing things on tort reform, they're looking at school choice, half the kids in louisiana -- >> so you think rick perry's y
years, pre-tea party. >> let's stipulate romney was a bad candidate. how would you get a better one? >> there are 30 republican governors. 24 of them have republican legislatures which is what romney didn't have. he had 83% democratic legislature. he was a goalie. they just shot goals on him for four years and some of them went through and some of them didn't and he was a very good goalie but you can't turn around and announce, look at all the things i did in massachusetts and the...
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he ran a romney is a bad person campaign not look at how wonderful i have gotten the american economy. >> if it is on c-span -- >> you say here's what we want to do. we just elected a house which ran on the ryan plan. >> you are saying these are the reforms that we want. >> the president sits there and says what, because he hasn't put anything on the table that passes the lap test, hasn't put spending restraint. crazy democratic leadership, which for two years kept all the democratic senators from voting on anything. i want them to vote on something between now and 2014 because then they aren't coming back. >> if you are john boehner, speaker boehner, your proposal is -- your bright line is what? >> first of all, you want to have this conversation in public and whatever happens, you want it online. that gives you the moral high ground and allows the american people to focus on this. >> wait, what you are saying right there is a path to a deal, you're not saying they should go over a political cliff. you're saying they should fight for the best deal they can get, but you're not advocat
he ran a romney is a bad person campaign not look at how wonderful i have gotten the american economy. >> if it is on c-span -- >> you say here's what we want to do. we just elected a house which ran on the ryan plan. >> you are saying these are the reforms that we want. >> the president sits there and says what, because he hasn't put anything on the table that passes the lap test, hasn't put spending restraint. crazy democratic leadership, which for two years kept all...
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romney's ideas for cutting the waste have wetted the president's appetite. >> reporter: romney's image could use a overhaul. one week after the election, he said the president's campaign was following an old playbook of giving a lot of stuff to groups, specifically the african-american, hispanic, and young people communities. it didn't take long for romney to be thrown under the gop bus. >> it's nuts. first of all, it's insulting. >> the president may be reve reverting back to his old play book. a move that drew comparisons to lincoln, who appointed his opponents to the cabinet. can romney be added to the obama team? >> is is governor romney hear tomorrow in some kind of cabinet level position? some kind of a -- >> no. >> where will mitt romney be after tomorrow? two aides to mitt romney say he is renting space from his son tag's firm. he still does not have a permanent day job and could be available to the president in a future. does that mean a cabinet position? one official said she would be shocked, shocked was the word she used, if an offer was made. >> it's a little early for tha
romney's ideas for cutting the waste have wetted the president's appetite. >> reporter: romney's image could use a overhaul. one week after the election, he said the president's campaign was following an old playbook of giving a lot of stuff to groups, specifically the african-american, hispanic, and young people communities. it didn't take long for romney to be thrown under the gop bus. >> it's nuts. first of all, it's insulting. >> the president may be reve reverting back to...
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but, you know, a lot of this is happening just as it seems the romney folks and people in romney world are trying to resuscitate mitt romney's image somewhat. you see stu stevens taking out an op-ed in the washington post just today, brooke, talking about how losing is just losing, and that it is not a mandate to throw out every idea that this candidate expressed during the course of the campaign, and it is not an excuse to show what he called disrespect for what he calls a good man. so we're seeing a lot of mitt romney, not just from the former candidate, but from people around him as well. and so it is going to be interesting to watch all of that tomorrow. >> obviously we would love to be a fly on the wall in the room. we will not be there. but during his first post election press conference, the president hinted at some possible discussion points. watch. >> that's right. >> how can we make the federal government more customer friendly, how can we make sure that we're consolidating programs that are duplicative. how can we eliminate additional waste? he presented some ideas during th
but, you know, a lot of this is happening just as it seems the romney folks and people in romney world are trying to resuscitate mitt romney's image somewhat. you see stu stevens taking out an op-ed in the washington post just today, brooke, talking about how losing is just losing, and that it is not a mandate to throw out every idea that this candidate expressed during the course of the campaign, and it is not an excuse to show what he called disrespect for what he calls a good man. so we're...
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it's hard to see mitt romney in the roles. remember that one of the ideas that mitt romney floated during the presidential campaign, just might be part of the deal that gets -- >> which is the cap. >> a cap. he would put a pretty low cap, $17,000 on high income taxpayers. it's possible that will survive even though mitt romney's presidential prospects did not. >> or could be a $50,000 cap or something even higher than that. now chris cizilla, let's talk about the lack of civility or the contentiousness of this susan rice situation where she's back on the hill today. let me play a little bit of susan collins, republican from maine, known as a moderate, discussing the possibility of a john kerry nomination to be secretary of state. >> i think john kerry would be an excellent appointment and would be easily confirmed by his colleagues. >> at the same time, there was really no love there for susan rice and what she did, which was surprising to a lot of us watching, was she raised the 1998 bombings, the embassy bombings in kenya an
it's hard to see mitt romney in the roles. remember that one of the ideas that mitt romney floated during the presidential campaign, just might be part of the deal that gets -- >> which is the cap. >> a cap. he would put a pretty low cap, $17,000 on high income taxpayers. it's possible that will survive even though mitt romney's presidential prospects did not. >> or could be a $50,000 cap or something even higher than that. now chris cizilla, let's talk about the lack of...
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governor romney suggested that during the campaign. >> senator, pain is not something we like to talk about in american politics under any circumstances. are you confident -- i mean there has been some talk democrats do not want to put entitlement reform on the table at all ever. but you seem to think this is a real -- this will happen? >> alex, and, in fact, on the super committee the democrats put forward serious proposals on entitlement reform. we have stated very clearly, that you don't have to cut benefits to do it. that will impact people directly. i mean charging people more for their medicare is not part of the solution that we believe. privatizing it as ryan has suggested it. but we put serious, you know, considerable dollars on the table. that was rejected by the republicans for one reason. they didn't want to match it with revenue. and that's why the debate we're having right now, about extending the bush tax cuts for 98% of the americans, the middle class, is the right thing to do. letting the wealthiest tax cuts, the tax cuts go back to the clinton era, will provide the r
governor romney suggested that during the campaign. >> senator, pain is not something we like to talk about in american politics under any circumstances. are you confident -- i mean there has been some talk democrats do not want to put entitlement reform on the table at all ever. but you seem to think this is a real -- this will happen? >> alex, and, in fact, on the super committee the democrats put forward serious proposals on entitlement reform. we have stated very clearly, that...
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when he was pressed on that the president said that he thought that mitt romney did a good job in turning the olympics around and he thought that could apply to the federal government to make it more efficient, to make it more customer friendly. people friendly. and so we expect that some of that will be part of the discussions when the president sits down with mitt romney here at the white house tomorrow. i think the timing of this is also quite interesting because it's kind of a high profile showing of bipartisanship at a time when the president is trying to hammer out this fiscal challenge with republicans up on capitol hill. >>> and private dining room, private lunch, no media allowed. not even a photo op or anything of them sitting down together at the table? >> nothing at this point. you know, there are a lot of things that happen behind closed doors such as the president meeting with the ceos today here at the white house, meeting with small business leaders yesterday at the white house as well. and we were not allowed to go inside and see that. but perhaps the white house photogra
when he was pressed on that the president said that he thought that mitt romney did a good job in turning the olympics around and he thought that could apply to the federal government to make it more efficient, to make it more customer friendly. people friendly. and so we expect that some of that will be part of the discussions when the president sits down with mitt romney here at the white house tomorrow. i think the timing of this is also quite interesting because it's kind of a high profile...
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you don't get to enact mitt romney's plan. i mean, i've been talking about this, you know, one of the things that drives me crazy is not just republicans but the mainstream media. right after the election david gregory asked someone on meet the press do you think the president should bring mitt romney to help negotiate this his wall cliff. what now? >> caller: well, elections we keep saying, they do have consequences. the most important election was president obama getting re-elected because now he has all the cards. >> stephanie: that's right. >> caller: it's just like in many cases democrats and the minorities in the house like to think we have leverage, which we usually don't. the republicans have no leverage right now. >> stephanie: as he pointed out even people who didn't vote for him agree with him on taxes. if you look at polling they agree with us in the rich paying their fair share. one thing i'm sick of them saying over and over again no, we elected a republican house. we can say it over and over, but it's because of
you don't get to enact mitt romney's plan. i mean, i've been talking about this, you know, one of the things that drives me crazy is not just republicans but the mainstream media. right after the election david gregory asked someone on meet the press do you think the president should bring mitt romney to help negotiate this his wall cliff. what now? >> caller: well, elections we keep saying, they do have consequences. the most important election was president obama getting re-elected...
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mitt romney gets beaten. the tea party candidates todd akin and richard mourdock let seats slip away, george allen and josh mandel go down in defeat. so where does the republican party go from here? a lot of gop heavyweights like bob mcdonnell who was here with me yesterday says the problem isn't what republicans are saying, it's how they're saying it. >> we're still a center/right country. we have to do a much better job on the tone of our campaigns and the way we communicate with new voters, with minority voters. at the end of the day our ideas on small business, entrepreneurship, on limited government, on lower taxes, these are still the messages that work. >> well, that doesn't wash with many conservatives who argue when the party moves away from the right and towards the middle, it gets caught somewhere in between. i keep thinking about armadillos. he wrote the gop has in its history adopted every side of every issue like the democrats, actually. the party is only about the acquisition of power. this is
mitt romney gets beaten. the tea party candidates todd akin and richard mourdock let seats slip away, george allen and josh mandel go down in defeat. so where does the republican party go from here? a lot of gop heavyweights like bob mcdonnell who was here with me yesterday says the problem isn't what republicans are saying, it's how they're saying it. >> we're still a center/right country. we have to do a much better job on the tone of our campaigns and the way we communicate with new...
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mitt romney is not a real genuine chinese basher but we are. no one is talking but china now but it was a real red meat issue during the debate. does everyone remember talking about china? it's disappeared. as you raised it and i want to come back to something that michel's initiative and to think about the harvard business school, was it hard talk about china? we're talking 1 billion people coming online. we were at a dinner the other night with the bono which was the opening performer for us the night before, the ceo of the bankamerica and we got a discussion about china. and bono said, if we're not careful china will annex the continent of africa. that there's so much deep investment, they have so much concern, so much strategic interests across the way, and america is largely absent. which brings back these questions, we get this stuff right, is this directed just at making us feel good, or do you gain ground in a competitive environment against china? >> we absolutely gain ground. i want to see, we have real strengths in america. with stre
mitt romney is not a real genuine chinese basher but we are. no one is talking but china now but it was a real red meat issue during the debate. does everyone remember talking about china? it's disappeared. as you raised it and i want to come back to something that michel's initiative and to think about the harvard business school, was it hard talk about china? we're talking 1 billion people coming online. we were at a dinner the other night with the bono which was the opening performer for us...
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if the best example was mitt romney who had an effective rate of 14% last year, when he made millions of dollars in investment income, and there are proposals, as warren buffett has, where people who make $1 million should pay 30%. host: the average tax percentage is about 10%. if you look it this chart here -- host: eric, rome, georgia. caller: i have an article here that says why congress will not tax the 1%. it tells you about the congressman. 261 are millionaires or billionaires'. the top republican, darrell issa, is worth $441 million. dick armey handed bush a budget for 10 years, and it squandered the surplus. what the article states is they will not raise taxes on the 1%. it is because they are the 1%. host: use of the number in that article is -- you said the number in that article is 261. caller: are millionaires or billionaires'. guest: the caller makes a good point, that the wealth of people in congress has diverged from the average wealth of americans, and a colleague of mine wrote an article looking at this trend, as over the last three years the average net worth of memb
if the best example was mitt romney who had an effective rate of 14% last year, when he made millions of dollars in investment income, and there are proposals, as warren buffett has, where people who make $1 million should pay 30%. host: the average tax percentage is about 10%. if you look it this chart here -- host: eric, rome, georgia. caller: i have an article here that says why congress will not tax the 1%. it tells you about the congressman. 261 are millionaires or billionaires'. the top...
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you will be as rich as mitt romney. >> bill: mitt romney who was seen buying a lottery ticket, too. so victoria, before we get to the news of the day if you'll forgive us please, because victoria and i do have a thing about animals and particularly about cats because i know you're a cat person. i just got back from istanbul. >> mm-hmm. >> bill: istanbul, the most strike thing i found about the city are the cats. >> yes. >> bill: everywhere. have you been there? >> no but i understand. >> bill: they're very healthy cats because people love the cats. seriously. courtyard of the blue mosque, cats. the front steps of hotels, cats. the front stoops of restaurants cats. in the streets, back and forth across the trolley tracks, never getting crushed by the trolleys because they're very smart, cats. and they're obviously very healthy cats. so i feel for the cats, of course. and i decide i'm going to help feed the cats so i go out to this -- we were -- carol and i were at a fish restaurant. i cut the head and the tail off my fish and i wrapped them in my napkin and i took them with me becaus
you will be as rich as mitt romney. >> bill: mitt romney who was seen buying a lottery ticket, too. so victoria, before we get to the news of the day if you'll forgive us please, because victoria and i do have a thing about animals and particularly about cats because i know you're a cat person. i just got back from istanbul. >> mm-hmm. >> bill: istanbul, the most strike thing i found about the city are the cats. >> yes. >> bill: everywhere. have you been there?...
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some of them were prominent supporters of mitt romney. and then the president is going to try and sell his budget plan going to a toy factory. speaking of -- >> that's where i'd go. >> speaking of the budget, coming up, former treasurer secretary larry summers joins us on set and ray liotta and mark mckinnon and in a few minutes harold ford jr. up next the top stories in the political playbook with mike allen but first bill karins with a check on the forecast. bill. >> good morning, mika and everyone out here live rockefeller plaza. the world's failous rockefeller center christmas tree will be lit 8:00 nbc, 7:00 central. this tree has a little bit of history, not your typical tree. this tree had to survive hurricane sandy and was picked out in new jersey and had to tie it up quickly right before the storm hit to protect it from the storm because they didn't want to have to pick out a new tree. it survived, of course, sitting here and it'll be later on this evening. we had a messy day yesterday. wasn't pretty, the airports had problems too
some of them were prominent supporters of mitt romney. and then the president is going to try and sell his budget plan going to a toy factory. speaking of -- >> that's where i'd go. >> speaking of the budget, coming up, former treasurer secretary larry summers joins us on set and ray liotta and mark mckinnon and in a few minutes harold ford jr. up next the top stories in the political playbook with mike allen but first bill karins with a check on the forecast. bill. >> good...
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despite west virginia going to mitt romney democrats dominate state wide in offices. meaning it is an uphill battle for our next guest. she is a feprail representative and prochoice. shellie capito announced her candidaciy for the senate seat. what challenges lie ahead for her? joining me is west virginia congresswoman shellie moore capito. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> gretchen: you are garnering a lot of attention, why is that? >> even thope the past election just ended, there is always excitement about the next one and i think that a chance to pick up a seat in west virginia for republican system good news and i want to get out there early to garner as much support as i could. >> steve: you would be the first woman senator from west virginia. >> i would be and we haven't had a republican since the 1950s. >> steve: you would be going up against j. rockefeller . what is different about your candidacy? >> i better reflectt what west virginia's are thinking. we have coal and natural gas losing their jobs particularlyy in the coal industryy and we need all of
despite west virginia going to mitt romney democrats dominate state wide in offices. meaning it is an uphill battle for our next guest. she is a feprail representative and prochoice. shellie capito announced her candidaciy for the senate seat. what challenges lie ahead for her? joining me is west virginia congresswoman shellie moore capito. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> gretchen: you are garnering a lot of attention, why is that? >> even thope the past election just...
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mitt romney tried to veto that new law. but the legislature overrode his veto, thereby stripping mitt romney of his power to choose a replacement. that became a moot point because john kerry didn't win so he stayed on as senator. but then fast forward five years. 2009. new president barack obama, the country embroiled in a big debate over national health reform. those against it were against it to the point of rage. and those who wanted it were excited to be on the cusp of achieving something they had failed to achieve for decades. at the time the democrats had a majority in the united states senate, 60 seats is a filibuster proof super majority. that's enough to pass health reform. that majority for the democrats included senator ted kennedy. senator kennedy spent his career trying to pass health reform. it was his life's work. he had done it at the state level with that guy, mitt romney. he had led on the issue nationally for decades. it was his signature issue. but before he was able to see health reform finally signed i
mitt romney tried to veto that new law. but the legislature overrode his veto, thereby stripping mitt romney of his power to choose a replacement. that became a moot point because john kerry didn't win so he stayed on as senator. but then fast forward five years. 2009. new president barack obama, the country embroiled in a big debate over national health reform. those against it were against it to the point of rage. and those who wanted it were excited to be on the cusp of achieving something...
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i don't think they will have done it had romney been elected because romney had vowed to throw the whole thing out. >> it made it a moot point. >> exactly. >> bill: right. so they say this is inevitable. here it comes. so we'll have the lower court decide. >> it's very interesting because it's two issues that were encumbered. two new ripe issues, they'll hear this in the spring of 2013, which means it could go back up to the supreme court and still could get struck down, imagine that. >> bill: just this part of it. >> based on these grounds. >> bill: all right. many people know that guilfoyle was once first lady of san francisco. >> and clothed, thank you. >> bill: we expected that. so you were i guess the most powerful woman in town. so you're there and you understand the rhythms of the city. beautiful city, by the way. now the city has gone totally crazy, right? >> yes. >> bill: how long were you first lady? how long ago was that? >> now, what was it? six years ago. >> bill: six years ago. in the six-year period, they want to bangled fish, they want to do this and that. >> it's very di
i don't think they will have done it had romney been elected because romney had vowed to throw the whole thing out. >> it made it a moot point. >> exactly. >> bill: right. so they say this is inevitable. here it comes. so we'll have the lower court decide. >> it's very interesting because it's two issues that were encumbered. two new ripe issues, they'll hear this in the spring of 2013, which means it could go back up to the supreme court and still could get struck down,...
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your state voted for george romney -- mitt romney, rather, maybe george romney had a chance, too. you won 55% to 39%. how do you represent a state that voted for you and romney? >> well, it's not hard as long as you are trying to solve problems instead of play politics. i think compromise is what the senate should be about. it's what it's always been about in our history. and finding -- our founding fathers were really smart. they have the people -- people have equal power regardless of what size or kind of state your from. and that is supposed to be an environment where we come together and hash out our differences and agree to compromise. so, i want to be part of that middle that finds those compromises, which we have to have to solve hard problems. >> well, my belief is i want to compromise, too, but i don't think you'll get the liberal core of your party to support anything unless they see the vampire bites on the necks of the republicans. until they see them taking a piece out of them on the issue of high income taxation. are they going to give on entitlements. they're not go
your state voted for george romney -- mitt romney, rather, maybe george romney had a chance, too. you won 55% to 39%. how do you represent a state that voted for you and romney? >> well, it's not hard as long as you are trying to solve problems instead of play politics. i think compromise is what the senate should be about. it's what it's always been about in our history. and finding -- our founding fathers were really smart. they have the people -- people have equal power regardless of...
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it upset mess because the whole election, the democrats lambasted mitt romney for taking the best deductions he could and paying the least amount of taxes he could. now you have the warren buffett who has become spokesperson on this evident in the same exact position. he is deemed a hero. >> bob: how in the world can you defend this? how do you defend people take having --dais i didn't defend it. i had policy and facts and history on your side. >> brian: i would love to see him take the billions of dollars that he earned from the paper route and the success story is phenomenal and famous. why does he start a myriad of businesses and use the great knowledge to employ tens of thousands of people. or say here, i have money to throw down a rat hole? why not demand the things from this country that he demands from all the businesses he starts? that is from accountability and efficiency. he doesn't waste his money any other place but the government. >> bob: look at the camera to say you defend people making $500 billion a year and not have increase? [ overtalk ] >> bob: what percentage of the peop
it upset mess because the whole election, the democrats lambasted mitt romney for taking the best deductions he could and paying the least amount of taxes he could. now you have the warren buffett who has become spokesperson on this evident in the same exact position. he is deemed a hero. >> bob: how in the world can you defend this? how do you defend people take having --dais i didn't defend it. i had policy and facts and history on your side. >> brian: i would love to see him take...
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what kind of platform they could put together to appeal to the voters that mitt romney did not. obviously, mitt romney had a huge deficit with african-american voters, hispanic voters and women voters, so i think these potential candidates are trying to map it out. >> david corn, when george w. bush ran, he got such a quick surge in the polls that no one was able to stop him. is jeb bush that guy this time? is he the one that if he makes it clear he's running, others will decide not to? >> you know, i still wonder if two words come to mind. too soon. i mean, the george w. bush presidency is still not held in high esteem amongst many voters who still blame bush for the economic downturn at the end of his administration that has carried us to this day. jeb bush has the ability to talk to hispanic, more moderate, but i also wonder if you know, people will be a little tired of the bush dynasty come to 2016. >> well, they're too tired of it now, but 2016 is a few years away. thank you both for joining me tonight. >>> coming up, good news for democrats trying to keep control of the se
what kind of platform they could put together to appeal to the voters that mitt romney did not. obviously, mitt romney had a huge deficit with african-american voters, hispanic voters and women voters, so i think these potential candidates are trying to map it out. >> david corn, when george w. bush ran, he got such a quick surge in the polls that no one was able to stop him. is jeb bush that guy this time? is he the one that if he makes it clear he's running, others will decide not to?...
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they ran a campaign about romney would cult medicare. they're going to cult medicare. romney would have, maybe more, but they're going to cut it. it gets worse. how about tax cuts. sit down, please. before you watch this clip, sit down, otherwise you're going to fall down. >> the immediate question of the tax cuts, we want to extend them for most people but we want to engage in the process of tax reform that would produce lower rates, even potentially for the wealthiest. >> cenk: you didn't hear that wrong. not higher rates for the wealthiest lower rates for the wealthiest! lower rates! cut taxes for the wealthiest! i'm glad we had an election, guys. the whole point of the election was to raise taxes on the rich and now they're turning around and say we'll take money from them too we're going to. >> you and stick you with the bill and give it to the rich. if only someone had warned you about this. july of this year, well before the election, democrats were talking about we're going to raise taxes on the rich and we're going to take away those bush tax cuts for the rich
they ran a campaign about romney would cult medicare. they're going to cult medicare. romney would have, maybe more, but they're going to cut it. it gets worse. how about tax cuts. sit down, please. before you watch this clip, sit down, otherwise you're going to fall down. >> the immediate question of the tax cuts, we want to extend them for most people but we want to engage in the process of tax reform that would produce lower rates, even potentially for the wealthiest. >> cenk:...
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if you're governor romney, that sort of attitude, you get 47% of the popular vote. it's now official. mr. 47% will go down in the history books as getting 47% of the vote. how's that for irony? but you want to know what number you get when you compromise? 72%. that's the approval rating for new jersey governor chris christie after working across the aisle with president obama to deal with hurricane sandy. that's the lesson of this election. americans are yearning for cooperation and bipartisanship. but most republicans, they don't get the message. speaker john boehner is threatening to take us to the brink again by refusing to raise the debt ceiling unless he gets what he wants in the tax fight. he told the president, quote, it's my leverage. he said, quote, there's a price for everything. over in the senate, gop leader mitch mcconnell is striking the same tone. >> look, we already know the president's a very good campaigner. we congratulate him on his re-election. what we don't know is whether he has the leadership qualities necessary to lead his party to a biparti
if you're governor romney, that sort of attitude, you get 47% of the popular vote. it's now official. mr. 47% will go down in the history books as getting 47% of the vote. how's that for irony? but you want to know what number you get when you compromise? 72%. that's the approval rating for new jersey governor chris christie after working across the aisle with president obama to deal with hurricane sandy. that's the lesson of this election. americans are yearning for cooperation and...
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. >> the republican party has not developed an alternative idea set other than what mitt romney and paul ryan were campaigning on. ♪ america, america >> are we going to continue to making our case? >> i will say this, i can never, ever find my car in a garage. ♪ i'm going off the rails on a crazy train ♪ ♪ i'm going off the rails on a crazy train ♪ >> with frantic and frenetic behind-the-scenes negotiations as both sides work against the clock trying to reach an agreement on the fiscal cliff that is fast approaching. the president is trying to ramp up public pressure on congress to accept his ideas for debt reduction in. in the coming days he meets with small business owners, middle class taxpayers, around corporate leaders. friday he tried to recapture his winning spirit in pennsylvania touring a toy manufacturing plant. i don't think the event is in whoville but the republicans as grinch playbook is probably evident enough. to hear some of the president's team, they see this christmas going their way. >> i think we're going to get this done. i'm more positive than most. i'm h
. >> the republican party has not developed an alternative idea set other than what mitt romney and paul ryan were campaigning on. ♪ america, america >> are we going to continue to making our case? >> i will say this, i can never, ever find my car in a garage. ♪ i'm going off the rails on a crazy train ♪ ♪ i'm going off the rails on a crazy train ♪ >> with frantic and frenetic behind-the-scenes negotiations as both sides work against the clock trying to reach...
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they were members of romney's 47%. i mean -- and i suspect he got their vote. but just a bunch of moochers. just a bunch of moochers. >> rose: they voted for him, did they? (laughs) >> but they're -- well, we've conducted a survey three times in my office in three different years and the office has between 16 and probably 21 employees during that period and each time my tax rate was considerably lower-- i'm talking about payroll taxes plus income taxes-- considerably lower than anybody else in the office. these people made various incomes. and the tax law in many cases is not progressive. i think the tax law should be progressive. i think that when people make $15 or $20 million or $200 million and pay a 10% rate i think something should be done about that. >> rose: then people step forward and say well, that's because most of the income comes from dividends which is taxed at a lower rate. >> they would probably say most of it comes from capital gains and it taxed at a lower rate. >> rose: i mean capital gains. >> this just makes sure people who have really hig
they were members of romney's 47%. i mean -- and i suspect he got their vote. but just a bunch of moochers. just a bunch of moochers. >> rose: they voted for him, did they? (laughs) >> but they're -- well, we've conducted a survey three times in my office in three different years and the office has between 16 and probably 21 employees during that period and each time my tax rate was considerably lower-- i'm talking about payroll taxes plus income taxes-- considerably lower than...
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all through the campaign, maybe anticipating that romney was going to lose, he was saying, i'm out of step with the party on immigration. i'm the person that was embracing latinos. and, of course, you had governor christie embracing president obama before the election. so you have two guys that are saying, yeah, that's kind of an outdated party there. you know, start looking at me now. >> in fact, jeb bush has a good reputation in florida, on education. he has worked really hard on it since leaving office? and with latinos and married to a latina. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> great to see you. up next, cliff talks with republican congressman tom price. is grover over? this is "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. but when i was in an accident... i was worried the health care system spoke a language all its own with unitedhealthcare, i got help that fit my life. so i never missed a beat. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. >>> no budget deal between president obama and congressional leaders will survive if it can't get support from house republicans. key players, ge
all through the campaign, maybe anticipating that romney was going to lose, he was saying, i'm out of step with the party on immigration. i'm the person that was embracing latinos. and, of course, you had governor christie embracing president obama before the election. so you have two guys that are saying, yeah, that's kind of an outdated party there. you know, start looking at me now. >> in fact, jeb bush has a good reputation in florida, on education. he has worked really hard on it...
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and perhaps both governor romney and president obama agreed on more than they disagreed in the education reform area. governor recognized the work of arnie duncan. it's -- of arne duncan, it's hard to take precedent. notwithstanding the fact i glue up in chicago, i think the president deserves credit. it wasn't a point of contention in the presidential race. with the exception of kind of a throw away question that jim lehrer gave to the two candidates at a debate which i would note about half of the answer on both sides ended up being about green jobs and the solyndra loan, there was virtually -- very little mention in the presidential race and i think that's unfortunate for our country. i want to come back to how we change that dynamic a little bit. however there was a lot happening in state and local races and i think that does give us a snapshot of where voters stand on many of the issues many discussed at this conference. to me there are a few take aways that education reformers should consider as we try to move forward on the ambitious agenda the governor laid out this morning. let'
and perhaps both governor romney and president obama agreed on more than they disagreed in the education reform area. governor recognized the work of arnie duncan. it's -- of arne duncan, it's hard to take precedent. notwithstanding the fact i glue up in chicago, i think the president deserves credit. it wasn't a point of contention in the presidential race. with the exception of kind of a throw away question that jim lehrer gave to the two candidates at a debate which i would note about half...
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however, romney didn't offer that style in his message. from your position, why should a lesbian voter give the republicans a second look? >> for the same reason that any voter should consider all issues when they decide who they want to support in an election. lesbian voters, like all americans, are multifacetted individuals and when you speak about the potential to fiscal cliff and the damage to the economy, we've considered the economy when we made our endorsement decision. and lesbian voters, well, when you've got an economy that is sluggish, when you've got high unemployment figures, a population that suffers from potential discrimination in 29 states is going to look hard at who they think is going to make the best decisions for the economy. >> when it comes to voting, though, is that the only thing that the log cabin republicans looked at was the economy and giving that endorsement to mitt romney because he is not a supporter of marriage equality or even civil unions. and from what we know about what was discussed during the primary
however, romney didn't offer that style in his message. from your position, why should a lesbian voter give the republicans a second look? >> for the same reason that any voter should consider all issues when they decide who they want to support in an election. lesbian voters, like all americans, are multifacetted individuals and when you speak about the potential to fiscal cliff and the damage to the economy, we've considered the economy when we made our endorsement decision. and lesbian...
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remember mitt romney criticized barack obama during the campaign for cutting medicare by $716 billion. democrats reformed entitlement programs. we're not scared about that but it has to be done as part of a broader package and i think we're making progress. jon: well the criticism specifically i think people have heard that he cut medicare and then used that money in obamacare but that is kind of a different issue. chris, let's take a look at some statistics. i think though kind of illustrate really what the problem is with medicare and social security, if you go back to 1940, the number of years of life expectancy beyond retirement for men and women was about 14 years. you retire at 65. start, you could in those days start receiving benefits at 65. you would live about 14 more years. these days you're living to 85. so the payouts go on way beyond what the program was originally designed for. also, in 1945 you had about 41.9, almost 42 people paying into the, what is it called, old age, security and disability insurance. that is the official name for social security. in 2010 you have
remember mitt romney criticized barack obama during the campaign for cutting medicare by $716 billion. democrats reformed entitlement programs. we're not scared about that but it has to be done as part of a broader package and i think we're making progress. jon: well the criticism specifically i think people have heard that he cut medicare and then used that money in obamacare but that is kind of a different issue. chris, let's take a look at some statistics. i think though kind of illustrate...
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calling for states that supported mitt romney to refuse to participate in the electoral college. a move they believe would change the results of the election. it's the kind of radical talk that turned off a lot of voters in the last election, but the wall street journal reports, they are regrouping, searching for candidates who can win in 2014. i'm joined by amy cramer who is chair of the tea party express. good morning. >> good morning. how are you? >> good to see you. let me ask you about the state senator's proposal. do you think this election can and should be constitutionally overturned? >> no. the people spoke and we have the results of the election. it stands. we need to like you said regroup and look at what we need to do better moving forward. but the election's not going to be overturned. >> many tea party activists point the finger of blame at mitt romney for the group's poor showing. tell me what you've looked at in terms of this past election and what lessons have you learned from your losses? >> well, you know, there's plenty of blame to go around. tea party candida
calling for states that supported mitt romney to refuse to participate in the electoral college. a move they believe would change the results of the election. it's the kind of radical talk that turned off a lot of voters in the last election, but the wall street journal reports, they are regrouping, searching for candidates who can win in 2014. i'm joined by amy cramer who is chair of the tea party express. good morning. >> good morning. how are you? >> good to see you. let me ask...